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Re:‘Housing in ‘07 wasn’t a bubble” is a true statement that... by alasdair_ on Friday April 08, 2022 @03:54AM (#30954438)
To be fair, it's still a yearly prize, for economics, awarded by the same Nobel Foundation that awards the other prizes, under the same rules as the other prizes. The laureates are announced at the same time as the other laureates, the awards are presented in the same manner as the others and everyone shows up to the same Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony.

And if we really want to go full pedant, the award isn't called anything in English at all, the real name is the "Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne"

But pedantry is silly, right?

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Re:‘Housing in ‘07 wasn’t a bubble” is a true statement that... by mannerheim on Friday April 08, 2022 @04:07AM (#30954531)
'Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel' is more or less a literal translation of the Swedish name, minus the part about 'in economic science' and whether or not you feel like translating the name of the Swedish royal bank.

Anyway, even the Nobel Foundation explicitly says it isn't a Nobel Prize:

> Not a Nobel Prize

> The prize in economic sciences is not a Nobel Prize.

https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/economic-sciences/

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Re:‘Housing in ‘07 wasn’t a bubble” is a true statement that... by macmuras on Friday April 08, 2022 @04:55AM (#30954815)
It is an interesting detail, but I guess taht most most people will still refer to it colloquially as Nobel prize.

I think that point about the nature of the price doesn't diminish the point that was being made. As much as it is a call to authority, weight of opinion of someone rewarded with that price is bigger than random voice on the internet.

That being said I think this thread starting with unsubstantiated criticism of Paul Krugman ideas/opinions is not constructive and rather useless.

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Re:‘Housing in ‘07 wasn’t a bubble” is a true statement that... by Kiro on Friday April 08, 2022 @05:36AM (#30955061)
You were still wrong about the name.
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